NACCâs Dr Michael Payne says they are looking at using the UAVâs in different resource management projects.

âThe first of these is likely to be on a âwrackâ [seaweed] monitoring project in a joint project with Edith Cowan University. We also have some interest in using them for monitoring coastal erosion and also in weed mapping,â he says.

The chief pilot for New Era Ag-Tech is Mr Abramsâ daughter, 19-year-old Coraleigh Abrams followed by Jordan Smith, also 19, who has just completed training. Warren can also fly but admits heâll never be able to manipulate the controls as well as a younger person.

Such keen interest has been shown in UAV technology that New Era Ag-Tech has now connected with the Morawa School of Agriculture to run a unit in 2014.